A Java compiler takes a text file and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file, meaning the compiled code can run on any OS. Learn how it works.

All of these have been translated into bytecode, which is basically the instruction set for a virtual, stack-based computer. (Because some chips also have a Java bytecode instruction set, it also can ...

Visual MainWin attaches itself to the output of the compilation process and translates the IL (intermediate language) code coming out of Visual Studio into the equivalent Java bytecode.